Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Model chisel
Description
Copper, wood, animal hide
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small ancient Egyptian knife with a wooden handle.
The image depicts a knife with a dark, metallic blade and a wooden handle. The blade shows signs of wear and corrosion typical of ancient objects. The handle is shaped and smoothed, suggesting utility and craftsmanship. The composition is simple, focusing on the utilitarian aspect of the object.
daily life
unknown
good
Materials
woodmetal
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116248078 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 17.9.26 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544293 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.